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ArticleJournal of neurophysiology2014

A functional circuit model of interaural time difference processing.

Thomas McColgan, Sahil Shah, Christine Köppl, Catherine Carr, Hermann Wagner

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Article in Journal of neurophysiology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Single Neuron Contributions to the Auditory Brainstem EEG.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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  2. Experience-Dependent Plasticity in Nucleus Laminaris of the Barn Owl.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2024
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  6. The Binaural Interaction Component in Barn Owl (Tyto alba) Presents few Differences to Mammalian Data.Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO · 2016
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  8. Sound Localization Strategies in Three Predators.Brain, behavior and evolution · 2015
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Thomas McColganInstitute for Biology II, Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen, Aachen, Germany; Institute for Theoretical Biology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany;
Sahil ShahDepartment of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland;
Christine KöpplCluster of Excellence "Hearing4all" and Research Center Neurosensory Science and Department of Neuroscience School of Medicine and Health Science Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany;
Catherine CarrDepartment of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland; and.
Hermann WagnerInstitute for Biology II, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany wagner@bio2.rwth-aachen.de.

Funding

COMPARATIVE AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY OF HEARINGT32DC000046 · NIDCD · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI Catherine Emily Carr, Matthew J. Goupell · 1994 to 2026
$7.5M
CELLULAR MECHANISMS UNDERLYING SOUND LOCALIZATIONR01DC000436 · NIDCD · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI CARR, CATHERINE EMILY · 1994 to 2017
$6.1M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC000436NIDCD NIH HHS T32-DC00046
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inputs from the two sides of the brain interact to create maps of interaural time difference (ITD) in the nucleus laminaris of birds. How inputs from each side are matched with high temporal precision in ITD-sensitive circuits is unknown, given the differences in input path lengths from each side. To understand this problem in birds, we modeled the geometry of the input axons and their corresponding conduction velocities and latencies. Consistent with existing physiological data, we assumed a common latency up to the border of nucleus laminaris. We analyzed two biological implementations of the model, the single ITD map in chickens and the multiple maps of ITD in barn owls. For binaural inputs, since ipsi- and contralateral initial common latencies were very similar, we could restrict adaptive regulation of conduction velocity to within the nucleus. Other model applications include the simultaneous derivation of multiple conduction velocities from one set of measurements and the demonstration that contours with the same ITD cannot be parallel to the border of nucleus laminaris in the owl. Physiological tests of the predictions of the model demonstrate its validity and robustness. This model may have relevance not only for auditory processing but also for other computational tasks that require adaptive regulation of conduction velocity.

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Models, NeurologicalReaction TimeSound LocalizationAnimalsAxonsBrain StemChickensStrigiformesauditory brain stemaxonsconduction velocitymodelssound localization

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PMID25185809
PMCPMC4254871

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